Beyond Debounce: The Complete Guide to Fast, Smooth Search UX

Every developer building a search feature eventually reaches for debounce. It feels like the obvious fix – the user is typing fast, and you don’t want to fire a hundred API calls, so you wait until they stop. Problem solved, right? Not quite. Debounce is a tool, not a solution. And depending on your use case, it can actually hurt the user experience more than help. Let me walk you through what … Full Product UX article at DEV Community »